George,Trust me. It is SOOO good.
Yes, Miami has all things Cuban, including pizza. I didn’t get to try it while I was there. This one is “de oido” – in other words, I made it up. =D
I could open a store and call it O.C.C.P. (Orange County Cuban Pizza) I crack myself up.

I always used to say that pizza here never tasted as good as when I was a kid in Cuba. I yearned for it again. Then one day a while back I added gouda cheese to a homemade pizza and realized that THAT was the secret to the taste of a Cuban pizza and what I had been missing so badly! I must now try your sofrito variety for sure!!

My gradnmother makes one with “ragu sauce” on bottom,lots of shredded mozzarela and monterrey mixture on top, and finally top it with raw green bell pepper julienned, red onion julienned, mushroom, and finally canned smokey oysters and if not oysters just crumbled baconI know sounds wierd, but my grandmother and me love it like that (she lived in Cuba many years, but I guess her pizza isn’t very Cuban)
She does make a very Cuban “Spaghetti” though, I’ll need to post it at some point in my blog to share with others, I’ll tell you when I do, since we are on topic of “Cubanized Italian food” ha ha.

Nathan,Pizza was available in Cuba in the 40’s and 50’s. A lot of the ships that came into the port of Havana were Italian. That’s probably where we learned to make the pizza.
In Varadero, there was a place that particularly made great pizza – of course, it was this type of Cubanized version. My mom can’t recall the name of it, but she assured me I got the taste right.
Try putting picadillo or chorizo on it just to mix it up while still keeping the distinctive Cuban flavor.
Me? I’m thinking that next time I’ll maybe add some plantains…
This Cuban pizza thing could really get out of control. =D